Mickey Gall vs. Mike Jackson isn't your typical UFC fight. While the promotion bills itself as the one true home for top-level MMA, Gall and Jackson combined for just one professional bout entering Saturday's Fight Night 82.
They aren't quietly sitting on an impressive resume, mind you. Neither man owns a strong combat sports pedigree outside the realm of MMA. They're not Glory kickboxers leaping from the ring to the cage, nor are they Judoka or wrestlers that had their Olympic dreams dashed by injuries.
Gall and Jackson, plain and simple, are unknown commodities. However, Gall won the right to face former professional wrestler Phil "CM Punk" Brooks with a first-round submission in Las Vegas on Saturday.